Morning rush
8.8 min 643 trips · 78% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
Back of the HilltoLongwood Medical Area
Green Line
A direct MBTA train from Back of the Hill to Longwood Medical Area took a median 8.2 minutes across 3,549 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 11 minutes.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only
Typical8.2 min50th percentile
Slower trip11 min90th percentile
Scheduled8.2 minmedian timetable
On pace74%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Back of the Hill to Longwood Medical Area take?
The median completed ride from Back of the Hill to Longwood Medical Area was 8.2 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 8.2 minutes.
Based on 3,549 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 8.2 minutes. That was within 0 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 11 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
Back of the Hill to Longwood Medical Area times by daypart
Off-peak produced the fastest median for Back of the Hill to Longwood Medical Area; Evening rush produced the slowest.
Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
8.8 min 887 trips · 75% on paceEvening rush
9.2 min 681 trips · 59% on paceOff-peak
7.2 min 1,338 trips · 80% on paceMEASUREMENT SAMPLE
How Back of the Hill to Longwood Medical Area was measured
The Back of the Hill to Longwood Medical Area estimate uses 3,549 completed direct-trip stop-timestamp pairs matched to the schedule active for each observed train.
We publish the median because one dramatic delay should not define an everyday journey, and the 90th percentile because riders still need to understand the bad end of normal.
We do not infer why a trip ran slowly. Construction, incidents, crowding and weather require separate evidence.
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Trips related to Back of the Hill to Longwood Medical Area
The Back of the Hill to Longwood Medical Area record is accompanied by 6 other measured direct rides beginning at Back of the Hill, each with a published median duration.